Sceliphron coromandelicum
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| Sceliphron coromandelicum | |
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| File:Sceliphron coromandelicum.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Sceliphron |
| Species: | S. coromandelicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceliphron coromandelicum (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845)
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Sceliphron coromandelicum is a species of solitary mud dauber wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1] The female holotype was collected in Coromandel Coast, India.[2]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]The females constructs mud nests which she provisions with spiders as a food source for the enclosed immatures. The spiders are generally Araneidae and in some cases terricolous Salticidae.[3]
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